index.qmd

---
title: "{epoxy}"
author:
  - Garrick Aden-Buie
description: |
  Super glue for data-driven reports and Shiny apps.
image: feature.png
date: '2023-09-20'
slug: epoxy-super-glue

tags:
  - R
  - R Packages
  - R Markdown
  - Shiny
  - Quarto
  - "posit::conf"

talk_author: [Garrick Aden-Buie]
categories: [ Conference ]
event: "posit::conf(2023)"
event_url: https://posit.co/conference/
location: Chicago, IL
links:
  - icon: file-slides-fill
    name: Slides
    url: https://slides.garrickadenbuie.com/epoxy-super-glue/
  - icon: github
    name: Code
    url: https://github.com/gadenbuie/slides/main/epoxy-super-glue
  # - icon: play-btn-fill
  #   name: Video
  #   url: https://youtu.be/lm0QYr1C2Sw
  - icon: book # icon name without the 'fa-'
    name: About {epoxy}
    url: https://pkg.garrickadenbuie.com/epoxy/
---

```{r echo=FALSE}
options(htmltools.dir.version = TRUE)
xaringanExtra::embed_xaringan(rmarkdown::metadata$links[[1]]$url)
```

## Abstract

R Markdown, Quarto, and Shiny are powerful frameworks that allow authors to create data-driven reports and apps. Authors blend prose and data, without having to copy and paste results. This is fantastic! But truly excellent reports require a lot of work in the final inch to get numerical and stylistic formatting *just right*.

{epoxy} is a new package that uses {glue} to give authors templating super powers. First, authors can use epoxy chunks to write sentences or paragraphs in markdown with glue-like inline variables. Then, they can use inline formatting for common numerical or character transformations.

Epoxy works in R Markdown and Quarto, in markdown, LaTeX and HTML outputs. It also provides easy templating for Shiny apps for dynamic data-driven reporting. Beyond epoxy's features, this talk will also touch on tips and approaches for data-driven reporting that will be useful to a wide audience, from R Markdown experts to the Quarto and Shiny curious.